Sony confirms it will offer free 'Horizon Forbidden West' PS4 upgrades to PS5 after all

Sony planned to make PlayStation 4 gamers purchase another copy of Horizon Forbidden West to upgrade to the PS5 version. But the company was met with heavy criticism for this move, given its original promise that a free upgrade will be available from PS4 to PS5. Sony backtracked and said that those who will buy Horizon Forbidden West on the Play Station 4 would get a PlayStation 4 upgrade for free.

The company is also committing to a US$10 digital upgrade option for the digital and physical versions of PlayStation first-party exclusive cross-gen titles.

Source: The Verge

Nintendo might bring Game Boy titles to Switch Online

Nintendo's Switch Online subscription service may add Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles to its roster in the future. The latest Nate the Hate  podcast  brought up how some people found in 2019 that the service had four emulators, with two of those unused. The hosts believe those emulators are for Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles. Other sources from Nintendo Life  and Eurogamer  corroborated this report.

Switch Online has been around for almost three years, and the company has been adding more and more SNES and NES games to its lineup. If Nintendo brings its Game Boy titles, the service won't run out of games to add in the foreseeable future. Nintendo won't comment about the report.

Source: Engadget

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 8/29 – 9/4

Fossil introduces Gen 6 smartwatchesBelkin launches new MagSafe Car Vent Mount

Yahoo Mail's iPad app comes to M1-powered Mac

Sony's PS5 Digital Edition has a smaller, lighter heatsink

Netflix starts testing two Android games in Poland

Apple Watch Series 7 tipped to get a larger display

'Lego Star Wars Battles' is coming to Apple Arcade

Amazon tipped to release live audio option focused on music

LinkedIn shuts down Stories after last year's launch

Daniel Craig's story of Being James Bond is coming to Apple TV

Telegram's version 8.0 update brings new features, but drops Wear OS app

Polaroid Now+ launches with clip-on filters

Twitter launches Super Follows in US and Canada for iOS users

Windows 11 will arrive on Oct. 5, won't get Android app support at launch

Twitter begins tests of safety feature that autoblocks abusive accounts

Google Drive adds offline support for PDFs, Office files, images

Netflix drops first teaser for RED NOTICE

Philips can sync your Hue lights with Spotify

WhatsApp's cross-platform chat history transfer tool comes to Samsung devices

WhatsApp has started rolling out its chat history transfer tool that lets you move your chat history between Android and iOS devices. Its first spotted on Samsung devices running on Android 10 and above, but WhatsApp plans to bring it to more Android devices "soon." The tool will let you import everything from voice memos, photos, videos to messages.

One of the notable requirements for the tool to work is that you'll need a Lightning to USB-C cable to connect the two phones. You also need to have the same number on both phones. Plus, your Samsung device has to be new or recently went through a factory reset. It would be best if you definitely were prepared before you access this tool. 

Source: Engadget